I did like him last year doing color commentary on ESPN's baseball playoff coverage
Posted on 10/03/2012 8:32:28 AM PDT by raccoonradio
NEW YORK -- According to The New York Times, Bobby Valentine suffered minor injuries to his knees and hip riding his bike in Central Park on Tuesday afternoon. The Red Sox manager was reading a text from second baseman Dustin Pedroia, informing the manager that he would play despite a broken finger, and according to the newspaper, when he looked up from the text, he had to avoid a collision.
From The New York Times:
On the wet, slippery path, Valentine was reading a text on his phone from Dustin Pedroia, the Red Sox second baseman, and riding his bicycle. When he looked up, he had to swerve to avoid the umbrellas of two French tourists walking in front of him. The bike skidded, and he lost his balance and went careening head over pedals down the side of the hill by the road.
“I shouldn’t have been reading a text while I was riding, ” he said. “That’s the wrong thing to do. But at least I was wearing my helmet.”
Valentine made light of the incident prior to Tuesday's game, when discussing his surprise about Pedroia's decision to play.
"Was I surprised when I got the text that he said he was fine?" Valentine said. "I fell off my bike. Literally."
Please, don’t text and bike.
I will be so glad when Ubama flips that Interwebs off switch and we are safe from lobotomized texters once again.
I did like him last year doing color commentary on ESPN's baseball playoff coverage
i’m surprised no one in NYC has been accidentally pushed into traffic or broken a leg walking down the street as NO ONE pays attention to where they are walking rather they are all reading mobile devices...
...if only he could take Ron Washington to the unemployment line with him...
Valentine is a nice guy and I wish him well. However, I’m glad he is no longer in Texas. (Yes it’s been a while, but old memories die hard)
Go Rangers!
Carl Yastrzemski says he’s watching the Tigers tonight.
Now take off Conigliaro’s shirt and leave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEN5TjYRCE
“And he taught me to sing a song. If you want to I can sing it for you. Daisy, daisy, give me your answer, do...on a bicycle built for two.”
Red Sox fan here, and I do like Bobby V—as a commentator.
As a manager, well, we’re talking last place finish.
Go Rangers indeed...I could cheer for teams like Tex., Wash. etc. in the upcoming playoffs. Who eliminated the Yanks
last yr in the first round, Det.? That was fun.
Couple years back a man in his twenties had his car go off the road and land in the Waters River in Danvers, MA (yup kinda like Ted K). He managed to get out of the car and swim to land. Later the car was fished out of the river.
Cause: He was texting. (And damn lucky to still be alive).
$100 fine, I think. Oh and this was in Feb. so you can imagine the water temp.
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1348434660/Beverly-dive-team-pulls-car-from-Waters-River
>>DANVERS — The Beverly Fire Department’s dive team managed to locate a submerged car in the icy Waters River yesterday, then haul it out to dry land.
The car plunged into the river late Monday night after a Danvers man, who police say was texting behind the wheel, crashed through a guardrail on Water Street.
The dive team was unable to locate the car on Tuesday and, due to extreme temperatures and dangerous current, decided to wait until low tide yesterday morning to search again. They found the car, a 1999 Nissan Altima, just before 9 a.m.
Divers found it in about 20 feet of water, resting on its roof between two cofferdams flanking the bridge’s openings on the inland side of the river. The state has erected the temporary cofferdams as it reconstructs the bridge.
Police said the driver, Gerald Maher, 21, was heading toward Peabody on Route 35 on Monday around 11:45 p.m. when he crashed through a rusted guardrail of the bridge on the opposite side of Water Street.
The car traveled down a steep embankment and into the river, and it was apparently carried by the incoming tide through one of the bridge’s two openings.
Divers said Maher is lucky to be alive. He managed to get out of the car in frigid water as both he and the car were swept by the incoming tide under the bridge. Maher’s car came to rest more than 100 feet from shore. He was out of the car when police arrived.
“This kid is lucky as can be,” said Beverly fire Capt. Peter O’Connor, a member of the dive team.
Beverly Deputy fire Chief Michael Acciavatti said the force of water rushing under a bridge can “pick up a car like a potato chip.”
After Maher was located by rescuers, he was transported by ambulance to Beverly Hospital, where he was treated and released. Police plan to summons Maher, the sole occupant in the car, for negligent operation of a motor vehicle and texting while driving, which carries a civil fine.
With the operations of Eastern Propane at 131 Water St. in full swing, and management anxiously looking on, the Beverly dive team, Danvers firefighters and Harbormaster Chris Sanborn set up their recovery operation yesterday on the steep, rocky shore in back of the facility within sight of the bridge.
Asked how much yesterday’s river recovery might cost, Sanborn said he could not say, but with more than a dozen firefighters from Beverly and Danvers on scene, plus the cost to hire the wrecker, “It’s not cheap,” he said. “That’s for sure.”
This does nothing to burnish Bobby V’s much tarnished public image. He’s toast.
Tito may be offered Cle. mgr job and he may well take it if offered...Sandy Alomar Jr also in running. Tito has his rings and wouldn’t mind laid back Cle. despite their problems...
a place to build up a team
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